Hornetsecurity VM Backup vs. Arcserve ShadowProtect

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Hornetsecurity VM Backup
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
Hornetsecurity VM Backup (formerly Altaro) is a backup and replication solution for Hyper-V and VMware virtual machines. VM Backup can manage large infrastructures, with the revamped backup repository providing long-term storage and more efficient use of disk space.
$59.80
per VM/per year
Arcserve ShadowProtect
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
ShadowProtect, from Arcserve company StorageCraft (merged in March of 2021), supports business continuity with data backup and system protection; the vendor boasts fast system restore capabilities relative to other similar solutions.N/A
Pricing
Hornetsecurity VM BackupArcserve ShadowProtect
Editions & Modules
Subscription License - Standard Edition
$59.80
per VM/per year
Subscription License - Unlimited Edition
$73.80
per VM/per year
Subscription License - Unlimited Plus Edition
$89.20
per VM/per year
Perpetual License - Standard Edition
$595
per host
Perpetual License - Unlimited Edition
$695
per host
Perpetual License - Unlimited Plus Edition
$875
per host
Free
Free
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Hornetsecurity VM BackupArcserve ShadowProtect
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
Hornetsecurity VM BackupArcserve ShadowProtect
Considered Both Products
Hornetsecurity VM Backup

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Arcserve ShadowProtect
Chose Arcserve ShadowProtect
Reliable backup and quick and easy to use.
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Hornetsecurity VM BackupArcserve ShadowProtect
Data Center Backup
Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Product A and Product B
Hornetsecurity VM Backup
9.5
1 Ratings
11% above category average
Arcserve ShadowProtect
7.4
1 Ratings
6% below category average
Universal recovery10.01 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Instant recovery8.01 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Recovery verification10.01 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Business application protection8.01 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Multiple backup destinations10.01 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Incremental backup identification10.01 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Backup to the cloud10.01 Ratings5.01 Ratings
Deduplication and file compression10.01 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Snapshots7.01 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Flexible deployment10.01 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Management dashboard10.01 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Platform support10.01 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Retention options10.01 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Encryption10.01 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Enterprise Backup
Comparison of Enterprise Backup features of Product A and Product B
Hornetsecurity VM Backup
9.0
1 Ratings
10% above category average
Arcserve ShadowProtect
8.0
1 Ratings
3% below category average
Continuous data protection10.01 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Replication10.01 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Operational reporting and analytics6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Malware protection10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-location capabilities8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Ransomware Recovery10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Disaster Recovery
Comparison of Disaster Recovery features of Product A and Product B
Hornetsecurity VM Backup
-
Ratings
Arcserve ShadowProtect
7.0
1 Ratings
6% below category average
Disaster Recovery Planning00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Hot Sites00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Disaster Recovery Testing00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Automated Disaster Recovery00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
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Score 9.7 out of 10
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User Ratings
Hornetsecurity VM BackupArcserve ShadowProtect
Likelihood to Recommend
9.9
(13 ratings)
7.0
(7 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(10 ratings)
8.0
(3 ratings)
Implementation Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Hornetsecurity VM BackupArcserve ShadowProtect
Likelihood to Recommend
Hornetsecurity Inc.
Do you have VMWare? Yes I can back it up. Do you have Hyper-V? Yes I can back it up. That in itself should speak for itself. Altaro has really given a great deal into their software, not only making it easy to use, BUT also a really good and reliable product where you can support your workloads hassle-free, and super lightweight
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Arcserve
In situations where business continuity needs are high, ShadowProtect backups provide the ability to keep operations running with very minimal downtime, even in situations like crypto-locked data. If a backup server is set up in an environment to resume a live server from backup, this is even more helpful. In situations where clients don't care as much about quickly recovering their data, they can go without a solution like this.
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Pros
Hornetsecurity Inc.
  • Fast and simple setup. I didn't need to read through ANY documentation to set up and have a backup running.
  • Easy and cost-effective licensing. I didn't need to count CPU's or VM's or other random facts to work out my licensing. Just how many hosts, and then one of 3 feature levels of which two have unlimited VM licensing. Hosts x Feature Set = Cost.
  • Easy Restores. Backing up is one thing, but restoring and having confidence in the restore is another. It just works, simple and effective.
  • Help is easy to find if you need it. From within the app, it gives you options of email, phone, and live chat, which is usually available even with odd time zones in play.
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Arcserve
  • You can virtualize your backups using Virtualbox, a free program that works on any PC.
  • Backups are versatile, and you can back up to any location you'd like.
  • Alerting can be set up for failed backups.
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Cons
Hornetsecurity Inc.
  • More cloud-based storage options. Currently, only Azure is supported, which is excellent, but it would be good to have AWS and Google storage options too.
  • It would be AWESOME if they could do a restore from Azure cloud direct to an Azure VM instance. Currently, you need to set up an Azure VM machine with nested Hyper-V, install Altaro on that, and then restore into a nested VM, this gets crazy expensive.
  • Better notification of errors, or more around having a threshold, so if it misses one backup of a constant backup that happens every 5 minutes but recovers at the 10 minutes back, it is ok. Just think it needs to identify significant or long-running issues better than the occasional little issues.
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Arcserve
  • The replication offsite can have issues over time. It takes manual involvement to keep it working right.
  • SPX remote management isn't easy out of the box.
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Likelihood to Renew
Hornetsecurity Inc.
It simply works and it is making our lives easier. The renewal process is also really good
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Arcserve
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Usability
Hornetsecurity Inc.
A lot of people in the technical industry deliver what I would call snack crackle pop topics, where the software gets over complicated, and they drown people in all the "fancy" features. Altaro, from my point of view" has designed the software to be super usable, easy to implement, as well as support. It is really one of the best designs
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Arcserve
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Support Rating
Hornetsecurity Inc.
One of the most important benefits of the Altaro HyperV backup solution is the support. From the free edition, you're able to chat with the support that can assist you in a remote session an find a quick solution that solves the issue. It is always available. The email support is also.
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Arcserve
We don’t need support often, but when we do, the support has been strong. Sometimes it is hard to determine how to access support for the exact issue we are having. There are a decent forum and online ticketing system. Support for the cloud center seems to be provided only by phone, though.
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Implementation Rating
Hornetsecurity Inc.
Altaro has really designed their product so well that you can honestly implement this within a couple of minutes
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Arcserve
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Alternatives Considered
Hornetsecurity Inc.
The only other competitor I am personally familiar with is Carbonite. I use that for file-level backups throughout my network and it works well but while it does offer backups for virtual machines, I have never found it to be a reliable option. Jobs failed for me regularly for no apparent reason. In the handful of times I have needed support, they were helpful and straight-forward.
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Arcserve
Speed, we rely on Shadowprotect to provide us with fast backups and also backups that are smaller in size compared to the other products.
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Return on Investment
Hornetsecurity Inc.
  • Restoring our primary ERP VM has already saved many hours of rebuilding from data backups, so that in itself already gave us an excellent ROI for having Altaro running.
  • The quick and easy setup also makes sense for a fast ROI as we didn't need to spend much time or effort in its set up.
  • Lastly, any other restores we have done for retrieving files or testing backups were so simple and easy to do that the process didn't take long and saved us time and cost.
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Arcserve
  • We have been with Shadowprotect for 5 years and are now only moving off of them due to limited functionality and Shadowprotect doubling our billing.
  • The product now requires a lot more babysitting so I have one person just stuck managing backups, which is not a fulfilling job and hard to keep someone in that seat.
  • While Shadowprotect has been fantastic for years, it is time for us to move on to something that makes financial sense and requires less labour.
  • Storagecraft Cloud is fairly expensive compared to competitors.
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